Coffee urn



Jan. 8 1924.

J. T. PEDERSEN COFFEE URN Filed Oct. 5. 1922 I z e www.

Patented Jan. 8, 1924. Y

UNITED' STATES l y y 1,430,413 Pari-ENT.domes. i

' JOHANNES TH. PEDERSN, or FLUSHING, NEW Yoan.Y y'

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'Application mea october s, 19272. serial No. 592,494.

monly employed in restaurants, hotels andV similar places Vwhere coffee Vurns ot the larger type are used. Hereto'fore in the use of this'type'otcotee urn the coiiee when ground has been placed in the bag and the bag put in position in the body of, the urn whereby the weiglit'of the coffee, depending upon theV amount thereohcauses the bag to assume various tapering shapes and the cofi'ee when wet forms a masswhich tends to consolidate andk thereby to prevent the proper circulation lof the liquid through4 the coiiee to obtain the best results in making Vthe beverage. The 'object ofmyinvention is to overcome this diziiculty and in doing so l employ a support for the .bottom of theV bag so that theV coee when placed in the bag is evenly distributed therein in order` to permit ota proper distribution and percolation of the liquid aswell also as to provideV a `means for the circulationof the liquid at the bottom of the bag.

Tn carrying out the invention, the bag support comprisingithe same preferably vincludes a spirally formed `frame upon which the coffee bag rests and a` plurality of supporting arms or devices whichv permit of the suspension of the Vframein such a manner as to receive and support the bottom of the bag, as' willV be hereinafter more particularly described.

.Tn the drawing: y

Fig. 1 is a central Ycross section and partial elevation or" the upper part of a coffee urn illustrating the use of my present invention. Y

Fig. 2 is a plan of the support for the coffee bag.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same, and

Fig. 4 is a partial cross section diagrammatically illustrating another shape in cross section of the material of which the spirally disposed sup-port may be made.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly yto 1, the device comprisingmy present invention is adapted to be used with a. coffee urn inwhich thecylindrical body 0 is indicated at I10.` As is customary. the body of the Vurn is fitted with a cover11 and may be provided with a circulating pipe 12 which terminates interio-'rly of the urn in a distributor 13 over which 'there fis a spreader member le. As villustrated in this ligure, thenwb'ody of the Vurn is provided interiorlywith a rib or liange 15 vadapted to Vreceive and support the ring 16 to which the coffee bag 17 is attached in the usual manner. These members of the urn, how-V ever, orm no part of my present invention'.

The support device in which the inven-. tion resides comprises a spirally arranged f member 18 as indicatedV in Figs. 2 andv3 of.

the drawing. l This spiral support asY indicated in these figures maybe made of wire,`

of any vdesired weight orl other similar material. At the inner end the wire 4forming the spiral terminates in an eye'19 and atthe outer end in asimilar eye Y20,y the outer end of the spiral support being connected to the adjacent .convolutiono'fthe spiral by being braced or soldered thereto as indicated at 21;, or in any other suitable manner. Together with the lspirally disposed support I employ a suitable means for suspendingthe same in orderto permit the bottom oi the coffee bag to rest upon thev support. Ars indicated in. the drawing the spiral support maybe sus- Y pended by cross bars and arms, the extremities of which are adapted, tocoact with the ring of the'cot'ee bag or otherwise, it being understood, however, that lthe Y illustrationV andthe following description of these sus;

pending meansA are merelyV illustrative as other equivalent: devices may beV employed for this purpose.V @ne of thecrossbars is Y indicated at 22. This Vpassesthrough.and-is journaled in the eyes 19 and 2()` as well asin.

asimilar eye 23 secured to the outer cn'voe yloo lutionoff the spiral in a position diametri-V and29. The other cross rod is indicated at 30. This extends beneath the spiral support in a position at right angles to the cross rod cally opposite the eye 20. .The cross rod 2,2 exteriorly ofthe eyes 20 and 23 isV bent to form arms 2e and v25 adjacent the extremi-v ties of which Vthere'areangulargor offset f shoulder portions 26' and 27, while the ends Y of these arms terminate in eyes orY loops 28l 

